Patch with a number of text fixes for the book. In particular, that note
in the kernel page about GCC 2.95.3 is unneeded since the kernel
documentation has now been updated.
Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml (revision 7683)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml (working copy)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<title>How to Build an LFS System</title>
<para>The LFS system will be built by using a previously installed
- Linux distribution (such as Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, or SuSE). This
+ Linux distribution (such as Debian, Mandriva, Red Hat, or SuSE). This
existing Linux system (the host) will be used as a starting point to
provide necessary programs, including a compiler, linker, and shell,
to build the new system. Select the <quote>development</quote> option
Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml (revision 7683)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml (working copy)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
> gcc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
<para>Apply the following patch to change the location of GCC's default
- dynamiclinker (typically <filename
+ dynamic linker (typically <filename
class="libraryfile">ld-linux.so.2</filename>):</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-specs-patch;</userinput></screen>
Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/readline.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/readline.xml (revision 7683)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/readline.xml (working copy)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
<para>Next, remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into <filename
- class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
+ class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>:</para>
<screen><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
ln -sfv ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/shadow.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/shadow.xml (revision 7683)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/shadow.xml (working copy)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
</variablelist>
<para>Disable the installation of the <command>groups</command> program
- and its man page, as Coreutils provides a better version:</para>
+ and its man pages, as Coreutils provides a better version:</para>
<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/groups$(EXEEXT) //' src/Makefile
find man -name Makefile -exec sed -i '/groups/d' {} \;</userinput></screen>
Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/findutils.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/findutils.xml (revision 7683)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/findutils.xml (working copy)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
<command>find</command>. As <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
may not be available during the early stages of booting, this program
needs to be on the root partition. The <command>updatedb</command>
- script also needs to correct an explicit path.</para>
+ script also needs to be modified to correct an explicit path:</para>
<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/find /bin</userinput>
sed -i -e 's/find:=${BINDIR}/find:=\/bin/' /usr/bin/updatedb</screen>
Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/udev.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/udev.xml (revision 7683)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/udev.xml (working copy)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
<title>Installation of Udev</title>
<para>The udev-config tarball contains LFS-specific files used to configure
- Udev.</para>
+ Udev. Unpack it into the Udev source directory:</para>
<screen><userinput>tar xf ../&udev-config;.tar.bz2</userinput></screen>
Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml (revision 7683)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml (working copy)
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
<screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /{bin,boot,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt,opt}
mkdir -pv /{media/{floppy,cdrom},sbin,srv,var}
install -dv -m 0750 /root
-install -dv -m 1777 /tmp /var/tmp
+install -dv -m 1777 {/var,}/tmp
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}{bin,include,lib,sbin,src}
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/{doc,info,locale,man}
mkdir -v /usr/{,local/}share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/man/man{1..8}
-for dir in /usr /usr/local; do
+for dir in /usr{,/local}; do
ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} $dir
done
mkdir -v /var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml (revision 7683)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml (working copy)
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
<title>Installation of Sysklogd</title>
<para>The following patch fixes various issues, including a problem
building
- Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels</para>
+ Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&sysklogd-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
<para>The following patch makes sysklogd treat bytes in the 0x80--0x9f
range
literally in the messages being logged, instead of replacing them with
octal
- codes. Unpatched sysklogd would damage messages in the UTF-8
encoding.</para>
+ codes. Unpatched sysklogd would damage messages in the UTF-8
encoding:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&sysklogd-8bit-patch;</userinput></screen>
Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml (revision 7683)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml (working copy)
@@ -76,15 +76,6 @@
configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
scratch.</para>
- <note>
- <para>NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC-3.x or later, in
- this case &gcc-version;. It is not recommended to compile the kernel with
- GCC-2.95.x, as this causes failures in the Glibc test suite. Normally,
- this wouldn't be mentioned as LFS doesn't build GCC-2.95.x.
Unfortunately,
- the kernel documentation is outdated and still claims GCC-2.95.3 is the
- recommended compiler.</para>
- </note>
-
<para>Compile the kernel image and modules:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
Index: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml (revision 7683)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml (working copy)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<title>How to Build an LFS System</title>
<para>The LFS system will be built by using a previously installed
- Linux distribution (such as Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, or SuSE). This
+ Linux distribution (such as Debian, Mandriva, Red Hat, or SuSE). This
existing Linux system (the host) will be used as a starting point to
provide necessary programs, including a compiler, linker, and shell,
to build the new system. Select the <quote>development</quote> option
Index: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml (revision 7683)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml (working copy)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
> gcc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
<para>Apply the following patch to change the location of GCC's default
- dynamiclinker (typically <filename
+ dynamic linker (typically <filename
class="libraryfile">ld-linux.so.2</filename>):</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-specs-patch;</userinput></screen>
Index: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/readline.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/readline.xml (revision 7683)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/readline.xml (working copy)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
<para>Next, remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into <filename
- class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
+ class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>:</para>
<screen><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
ln -sfv ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
Index: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/shadow.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/shadow.xml (revision 7683)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/shadow.xml (working copy)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
</variablelist>
<para>Disable the installation of the <command>groups</command> program
- and its man page, as Coreutils provides a better version:</para>
+ and its man pages, as Coreutils provides a better version:</para>
<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/groups$(EXEEXT) //' src/Makefile
find man -name Makefile -exec sed -i '/groups/d' {} \;</userinput></screen>
Index: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/findutils.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/findutils.xml (revision 7683)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/findutils.xml (working copy)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
<command>find</command>. As <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
may not be available during the early stages of booting, this program
needs to be on the root partition. The <command>updatedb</command>
- script also needs to correct an explicit path.</para>
+ script also needs to be modified to correct an explicit path:</para>
<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/find /bin</userinput>
sed -i -e 's/find:=${BINDIR}/find:=\/bin/' /usr/bin/updatedb</screen>
Index: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/udev.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/udev.xml (revision 7683)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/udev.xml (working copy)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
<title>Installation of Udev</title>
<para>The udev-config tarball contains LFS-specific files used to configure
- Udev.</para>
+ Udev. Unpack it into the Udev source directory:</para>
<screen><userinput>tar xf ../&udev-config;.tar.bz2</userinput></screen>
Index: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml (revision 7683)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml (working copy)
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
<screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /{bin,boot,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt,opt}
mkdir -pv /{media/{floppy,cdrom},sbin,srv,var}
install -dv -m 0750 /root
-install -dv -m 1777 /tmp /var/tmp
+install -dv -m 1777 {/var,}/tmp
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}{bin,include,lib,sbin,src}
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/{doc,info,locale,man}
mkdir -v /usr/{,local/}share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/man/man{1..8}
-for dir in /usr /usr/local; do
+for dir in /usr{,/local}; do
ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} $dir
done
mkdir -v /var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
Index: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml (revision 7683)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml (working copy)
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
<title>Installation of Sysklogd</title>
<para>The following patch fixes various issues, including a problem
building
- Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels</para>
+ Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&sysklogd-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
<para>The following patch makes sysklogd treat bytes in the 0x80--0x9f
range
literally in the messages being logged, instead of replacing them with
octal
- codes. Unpatched sysklogd would damage messages in the UTF-8
encoding.</para>
+ codes. Unpatched sysklogd would damage messages in the UTF-8
encoding:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&sysklogd-8bit-patch;</userinput></screen>
Index: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml (revision 7683)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml (working copy)
@@ -76,15 +76,6 @@
configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
scratch.</para>
- <note>
- <para>NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC-3.x or later, in
- this case &gcc-version;. It is not recommended to compile the kernel with
- GCC-2.95.x, as this causes failures in the Glibc test suite. Normally,
- this wouldn't be mentioned as LFS doesn't build GCC-2.95.x.
Unfortunately,
- the kernel documentation is outdated and still claims GCC-2.95.3 is the
- recommended compiler.</para>
- </note>
-
<para>Compile the kernel image and modules:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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